The South African Revenue Service has submitted the following information. Please note that the Minister is unable to verify the content.
1.The cost incurred for the mandated work was:
2. No, an open tender was not followed for continuity, the Project was in two phases,
(a) in phase 1(diagnostic) of the project, the Gartner services were procured on the basis of an agreement for IT Consultancy services between SITA and Gartner.
(b) In phase 2 of the project, the services of Gartner were procured in terms of National Treasury regulation 16A6.4 read together with paragraph 10.5.2 of the Supply Chain Management practice note number 3/ 2003 for continuity purposes.